dbsens13
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Thought's on these? Might be picking one up. It's the powerball 1 but the v.2 I guess with an updated treble circuit and better noise gate.
J
just42dave
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love it
regret selling it
regret selling it
glpg80
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tons of gain on tap, keep the gain low and they track tight on record, get carried away and it becomes mush under a mic - love the voicing though as it is my favorite engl. one of the best damn clean channels i have ever heard, just a workhorse amplifier.
hellaboogie
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I dug the powerball
spirit7
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Love mine. Brutal, almost machine-like levels of saturated gain (more than my Herbert). Good cleans. As above, a real workhorse amp.
-C
-C
rottingcorpse
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i loved my powerball. was sad to see it go. thank the maker it went to a friend.
dbsens13
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might be swapping my jcm 2000 tsl + an '83 jcm 800 cab loaded with g12-70's + a jackson dominion pro for the pb + a mesa cab. thoughts on that?
spirit7
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dbsens13":37h1jjqz said:
Great deal. TSLs are terrible amps (I know, I still own one
)-C
RJF
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I never meshed with my Powerball V1. For me it had a hollow mid sound that I couldn't dial out. I just wasn't happy with it. Yeah, the cleans are good but no better than a Herbert, Cobra, and more.
For me the Powerball sounded like a crappy version of a Diezel Herbert. Both Diezel and ENGL share that "clean" hi gain tone that is all crunch and no fuzz and grit like a Recto or Uber, which is really cool, but it just didn't work the best for me when compared to the Herbert. I did however never have a chance to try a clean boost with it, that might help with the hollow mids problem with that amp.
For me the Powerball sounded like a crappy version of a Diezel Herbert. Both Diezel and ENGL share that "clean" hi gain tone that is all crunch and no fuzz and grit like a Recto or Uber, which is really cool, but it just didn't work the best for me when compared to the Herbert. I did however never have a chance to try a clean boost with it, that might help with the hollow mids problem with that amp.
dbsens13
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I actually think the tsl isn't too bad. I like it a little better than my buddies 2 channel dual rec
RJF
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Haha, good one....you're funny!dbsens13":2nm06zn1 said:
dbsens13
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haha he just doesn't have his mesa dialed in right. I know that's a good amp though. Shit, I got him that amp for a freaking Nomad 100
